03/16/2022
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"The most severe shortfall we are facing right now in our maritime sealift capacity for wartime demands is in tankers."
"There are opportunities to improve that, though. Obviously, we need to improve compliance with cargo preference, and MARAD needs to be charged with being able to do that."
"To avoid America suffering the fate that we see our European allies suffering today under the threat of Russia cutting off gas supplies, we need to improve and expand our own U.S. shipping fleet to pr..."
"Unfortunately I think, I mean, healthcare, the reality is, is an intensely political issue insomuch as the political process is how we make decisions on how healthcare should be provided."